You cannot print to large paper sizes in Microsoft Project (331974)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Office Project Professional 2003
- Microsoft Office Project Standard 2003
- Microsoft Project Standard 2002
- Microsoft Project Professional 2002
- Microsoft Project 2000
- Microsoft Project 98 for Windows
- Microsoft Project for Windows 95
This article was previously published under Q331974 SYMPTOMSLarge projects that you create in Microsoft Project may not print
correctly on printers that support large paper formats. For example:
- Parts of the printout may be truncated.
- Objects such as task bars or timescales may be
misplaced.
- The printout may appear to be sized incorrectly and may not
fit the paper.
These symptoms are more noticeable on printers that support
large paper formats such as the Hewlett-Packard (HP) DesignJet 755CM and HP
DesignJet 800. CAUSEThis problem may occur if a Microsoft Project printing subsystem
API receives an integer value that is larger than 2-bytes. To provide
compatibility with older Windows operating systems such as Microsoft Windows 95
and Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Project uses many older Windows API functions
for the printing subsystem. These API functions cannot accept integer values
larger than 2-bytes. An integer of 2 bytes can only hold a value up to 32,768.
Information that exceeds 32,768 may be truncated or damaged. The value is
determined by multiplying the Dots Per Inch (dpi) by the length of the
paper.
For example, 300 dpi x 120 inches = 36,000. Because of this, if
you print on an HP DesignJet 800 that prints at 600 dpi, the maximum dimension
you can print is 32,768/600 = ~ 54 inches. STATUS Microsoft
has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed
at the beginning of this article.
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 6/6/2005 |
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| Keywords: | kbenv kbprint kbprb kbnofix KB331974 |
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